Martin Kerstein[/url]]Let me explain what an overflow server is and what it does. It is a technology we also use as our version of a queuing system. When a map or a world you want to log into is at capacity limit, the game will ask you if you want to play on an overflow server - so you can actually play while you are in a queue. Once space opens on your world, the game will ask you if you want to join your friends on your world. And you keep all the progress you made while you were playing on the overflow server.

Super excited. I went to play some GW1 this weekend, but my wife can't recover her password. Her account is tied to a university e-mail address that she doesn't have access to anymore. And I don't think we have the paper with her key anymore. *sigh*

ClockworkHouse wrote:

Let them eat gay wedding cake.

Reaper81 wrote:

I am half-gay on my mother's side but I ethnically self-identify as "closeted lumber mill worker."

I played a tiny bit of GW1. I liked what I saw but my WoW addiction was in full force at the time so I missed most of the wave on this one.
Definitely interested in seeing GW2 and will plunk my bag of coins down when they announce preorders.

Super excited. I went to play some GW1 this weekend, but my wife can't recover her password. Her account is tied to a university e-mail address that she doesn't have access to anymore. And I don't think we have the paper with her key anymore. *sigh*

NCsoft support are pretty good with getting your account back. See what information you do have about the account (character names is another one) and see what they say.

Super excited. I went to play some GW1 this weekend, but my wife can't recover her password. Her account is tied to a university e-mail address that she doesn't have access to anymore. And I don't think we have the paper with her key anymore. *sigh*

NCsoft support are pretty good with getting your account back. See what information you do have about the account (character names is another one) and see what they say.

I think I tried once before, but it doesn't hurt to try again.

ClockworkHouse wrote:

Let them eat gay wedding cake.

Reaper81 wrote:

I am half-gay on my mother's side but I ethnically self-identify as "closeted lumber mill worker."

Has there been much presented or displayed in terms of the WvW stuff? I just watched a long video of a warrior getting blown up trying to do the open world PvP stuff and there was a ton of range dps/AoE going off. He basically had to fall back and use a bow or get shredded. Then there was some castle/keep attack, with siege weapons, and I sorta groaned as things started to remind me a lot of warhammer.

Hm, I only saw one journalist play it, and it wasn't that many people - It was only press release after all, and most of the journalists were scrambling to try out PvE.

The impression the guy gave was that it's huge. Like super duper huge. He compared it as thinking it was going to be like Alterac Valley in WoW and saying it's not even close. It's more like a few zones stuck together, and it the large map looked like there were entire locations each faction could capture for their own.

I've also noticed that there are no racial skills displayed in any of the open beta videos, there are a few videos with them checking the tooltip of every skill, none of the Charr/human/norn racials are there yet, I guess they haven't fully fleshed them out yet.

I have two potential issues, one major and minor. The minor one is I can't remember if the minimap was movable in GW1. I like it on the bottom left (Starcraft 2 player haha)

The other is I wonder if the skill effects will be too much in a group environment whether PvE or PvP. It looks kinda chaotic, I wouldn't mind a simplified effect toggle.

I've also noticed that there are no racial skills displayed in any of the open beta videos, there are a few videos with them checking the tooltip of every skill, none of the Charr/human/norn racials are there yet, I guess they haven't fully fleshed them out yet.

There were some pvp videos where they showed the asura battlemech. I believe that is their racial no?

I've also noticed that there are no racial skills displayed in any of the open beta videos, there are a few videos with them checking the tooltip of every skill, none of the Charr/human/norn racials are there yet, I guess they haven't fully fleshed them out yet.

There were some pvp videos where they showed the asura battlemech. I believe that is their racial no?

I think in WvW those are siege tools like catapults and cannons, not an actual skill. There was no sign of any of the racial skills in the beta footage which is sad. Hopefully they are still working on them and they just need more balance and have not been dropped completely.

Anyone gotten their "confirmation email" yet? I didn't get anything after signing up. It's been almost an hour since.

Yep:

Thanks for signing up!

Thanks for signing up for a chance to participate in the Guild Wars 2 beta test. We've received your application and we'll email you if you've been accepted. We appreciate your interest in Guild Wars 2!

FYI, lots of people are reporting not receiving their confirmation emails if they're using a gmail account. Hopefully they're just slow and not failing. People using other email services appear to be receiving it quickly.

FYI, lots of people are reporting not receiving their confirmation emails if they're using a gmail account. Hopefully they're just slow and not failing. People using other email services appear to be receiving it quickly.